Comments on: Can someone who is environmentally and socially conscious justifiably wear leather?

By: Roxport

Roxport — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:01:59 +0000

I think you have a well-thought out, convincing position here. I am an omnivore myself, but I eat meat in moderation. Leather is great stuff; maybe there is a company which produces "environmentally-friendly" leather products?
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By: mister ed

mister ed — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:17:59 +0000

look as long as you are going to raise and kill beef for a food source you might as will make use of the by products i.e leather to make boots and gloves -- myself if i did not eat meat i would still buy leather boots and gloves if they were available since they wear so well!!!
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By: Tapestry6

Tapestry6 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:03:59 +0000

Animals have been used for food and clothing for thousands of years.
They provide meat, gelatin for many other foods, milk, and so on.. sheep gives us wool, goats give us milk and cows give us both plus their skin can be used for good wearing shoes and jackets.
Synthetics are not that good in quality and half of them are produced by oil which we don’t need to use in any greater quantity than we do now so actually using something that is a byproduct of something we all use daily is very eco-friendly.
p.s. I just gave my goddaughter a leather(ie suede) jacket bought in the 70s its perfectly good and the 70s stuff is ‘in’ right now she is 12 years old and thrilled with it.
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